Paper scatters light, smooth glass will reflect perfectly any window, light or glare. We usually don't notice it because we have trained ourselves to tilt our devices to minimize reflections.

Glossy glass is 21st century sexy, though. It looks premium compared to clear plastic.

> Glossy glass is 21st century sexy, though. It looks premium compared to clear plastic.

I really hate the glossy screen thing. I have this strange idea where I want to see what is actually on the screen, instead of a detailed reflection of stuff behind me. Crazy, right?

Most monitors and laptops have matte screens. Its just apple stuff thats glossy. Apparently it gives better color which helps for video/image editing but for programming the matte screens are clearly better.

Every screen I own is glossy, and I don't own any Apple stuff. External screens, laptops, all-in-ones, all glossy. The last matte screen I had was on a 2010 ThinkPad, and I think I had to pay extra for that.

Maybe it's touch related? Every screen I own is also a touch screen (so's that old ThinkPad though), and with my physical needs I can't really consider non-touch.

> Maybe it's touch related?

I got a Thinkpad T490 this year, which has a matte touch screen (I really wish it wasn't a touchscreen, my only gripe with it. I never want to interact with the laptop via touch. Never.)

It's probably pretty easy to turn the touch off, by uninstalling the driver or something. My ThinkPad developed a tendency to sometimes do that automatically, and I had to restart a certain .exe to bring it back.

Yeah its almost certainly touchscreen related. My LG 4k monitor and 2018 dell xps are matte.

You are very much not alone here. Especially on portable devices.

People are very much attracted (I would say addicted) to bright shiny colors. Device manufacturers know this and thus glossy screens are the norm.

As I read this on a Macbook Pro I'm staring also at the ceiling light behind me.

Oh how I wish I could leave my light on and still use my multi-thousand dollar machine without strain!

Insert shrug here. I definitely get headaches after staring at iPad screens all day, and definitely have to squint to see them outside. Don't really care if that subjective suffering doesn't reflect some medically recognizable consequence, I still choose to avoid it.

Is this written by a lobbyist?

Blue light causes cataracts if nothing else. It also affects sleep cycles which can cause fatigue and all sorts of strain on the eye and body.

But “ Does this blue-light pose any hazard to our eyes?

Nope, not to my knowledge”

Animations are not perfectly smooth causing strain on scrolling (I can see the unevenness even on my 11 pro with every scroll). Colors are constructed - ever look at a phone on acid? This also can cause subconscious strain.

The article also fails to recognize that most eink displayed are in fact illuminated.

The bottom line is reading on eink is relaxing in ways a tablet is not.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24296217.